Too dangerous

[spacemanspiff1974]

Hello everyone.

I made a mistake when speaking with my wife yesterday. I told her that I wanted to eventually dive a particular wreck where the starting depth is around 250 feet. This of course will require much more training and experience on my part and is not something that I would consider doing at the moment.

My wife is a recreational diver and thinks that I am crazy and stupid for even thinking about a wreck dive to such a depth, even with adequate training.

How do I diffuse this bomb?

 

[H2Andy]

"you are right, that's a very deep wreck. i'll get more experience and see what i think then."

then slowly start taking classes and building up to that:

nitrox
advanced nitrox
deco procedures (to max of 150 feet)
trimix
advanced trimix

and at each stage, share with her your advances. sort of a "conditioning"
for the 250 dive, so when it comes, it's not such a shock.

 

[Dave Zimmerly]

Start the training. See where it takes you. Keep her informed.

Dave (aka "Squirt")

 

[TSandM]

Get her out to dive some wrecks at recreational depths, and see if you can get her hooked on the idea, too!

 

[Jason B]

Get her out to dive some wrecks at recreational depths, and see if you can get her hooked on the idea, too!

Come on Lynne, it'll cost him twice as much them!

 

[TSandM]

But that's only money . . . the other way, she takes it out of his hide.

 

[Jcsgt]

If I were in that position, I would achieve greater depth gradually as my experience/training increased.

 

[Dave in PA]

When I spoke to my wife about the Tec Deep course, she wasn't thrilled with the idea, actually, she puts it right up there with my motorcycle. Now, after building up to the class and exercises, she has accepted the fact that I will have the training and ability to dive deep. I assured her that I would be taking no risky chances and with the proper training and equipment (see how I worked that in) I would be safe.

 

[dherbman]

Hello everyone.

I made a mistake when speaking with my wife yesterday. I told her that I wanted to eventually dive a particular wreck where the starting depth is around 250 feet. This of course will require much more training and experience on my part and is not something that I would consider doing at the moment.

My wife is a recreational diver and thinks that I am crazy and stupid for even thinking about a wreck dive to such a depth, even with adequate training.

How do I diffuse this bomb?

Lie.

 

[DawgDiver]

Lie.

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